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Burning Man had been at the top of my bucket list for years. After a year of grueling research, planning, bad luck, and in the end, good luck, it actually happened. In addition to the obvious reasons for wanting to go, I was hell-bent on making the most amazing images of my life while on the playa. I had a detailed list of shots that I wanted for various projects. As you can probably guess, based on the title of this article, all did not go as planned.

A week-and-a-half ago, I was cruising through another day of riveting ed tech work at the office, when I happened to glance over at my Tweetdeck window and saw this tweet by 500px. "WHAAAaaat?!" I said out loud. Eric Paré was, and is, one of my favorite photographers.

[21] I have returned from my second trip to Photoshop World, and had a great time, just as I did the first time. The experience is overwhelming and exhausting… but in a good way. I got up at 7am every day, packed my brain full of as much Photoshop and photography goodness as it could hold, networked, asked questions, checked out the expo, attended an evening event, and then stumbled to my room and passed out at midnight.

[20] You don’t realize how much “gear” you accumulate as a photographer until you put it all in a big pile on your kitchen table. That is exactly what I did with the gear that I use to create the images in my Light in Dark Places collection (and the number of items has grown, as you may notice after reading this earlier post.

[19] Merrill Beth Nisker, a.k.a. Peaches, is a musical warrior. I have been a fan of hers ever since I heard her song-that-shall-not-be-named from one of my all time favorite movies, Lost in Translation. She sings, raps, and spins her own beats on stage, while also changing in-out of crazy costumes and spraying champagne on the crowd.